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RUDIMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life
Example:
Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rudiment" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Derivation:
rudimentary (being in the earliest stages of development)
rudimentary (not fully developed in mature animals)
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